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Study shows gut & arthritis link
Hi John
Back when I was a kid, I remember my neighborhood friend Marty had a cousin
who would come to visit and hang out with us. The cousin was just a few
years older than us but she walked with crutches and limped, and always seemed
to be in a lot of discomfort.
My friend Marty whispered to me that her cousin had
arthritis.
I remember thinking at the time, “
Arthritis? But she’s only
15—how can she get
arthritis?”
Well, I now realize that what Marty’s cousin had was not
old age
arthritis (aka osteoarthritis) but
rheumatoid arthritis.
And I didn’t think about it then, but I realize now that that poor girl has
probably led a very pain-filled life and is likely at least
partially disabled
by now.
Let’s take a closer look at this less “popular” but
extremely
debilitating form of arthritis, as well as factors that may be causing it and
ways to help prevent it or counteract it if you’ve got it.
Rheumatoid arthritis—not
just for the elderly
Believe it or not, there are actually over
100 different types of
arthritis.
The most common forms include:
- Osteoarthritis (OA): The well-known
old-age arthritis caused by wear on the joints as you age
- Infectious arthritis: This form is
caused by an infection in one or more joints
- Gout: This is a type of arthritis
caused by an accumulation of uric acid crystals around your joints
- Rheumatoid arthritis (RA): An autoimmune
condition that can affect not only your joints, but also your soft tissues
and organs
According to the
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
about 1.5 million Americans have
rheumatoid arthritis.
Although it typically strikes people between the ages of 25 and 50 (women at
2 ½ times the rate of men), children and even
infants can develop the
condition too! (In kids it’s called
juvenile idiopathic arthritis).
As mentioned above, it's considered an
autoimmune condition, meaning
that your immune system sees the thin membrane that lines your joints (the
synovium)
as a dangerous invader and launches an attack.
This leads to the
chronic joint swelling,
intense pain and
increasingly
limited range of motion.
It doesn’t stop there
RA can have a
huge negative impact on your quality of life over and
above daily painful movements and swelling because it can lead to temporary or
even permanent
disability…sadly many times at a very young age.
It also can affect your
overall state of health too. According to
the CDC, one study showed that 40% of people with RA were more likely to report
fair or poor general health compared to people who don’t have arthritis.
Thirty% reported needing help with personal care such as bathing, dressing
or using the bathroom.
Other reports cited by the CDC mention that people who have RA lose
functioning “
in every domain of human activity including work, leisure, and
social relations.”
Certainly
nothing to be taken lightly.
It’s a mystery…or not
Autoimmune conditions like RA are very much a mystery to most of the medical
world because there’s not one clear-cut reason why someone’s immune system can
get
taunted into overreacting and attacking healthy tissue.
But a lot of the suspicion lies in the area about 12 inches south of your neck.
Your
gut.
Since your gut houses about
70% of your immune system, when things go
awry with that immune system, chances are excellent something happening in the
gut is the culprit.
For example,
poor digestion can cause inadequately digested food
particles to get into your bloodstream and put the immune system on alert.
Leaky gut syndrome opens the door for food particles and toxins to
enter circulation and tease your immune system too.
Being low
in stomach acid, digestive enzymes or friendly gut bacteria
can reduce your body’s natural barriers against pathogens so they can burrow
their way into your blood and provoke your immune system as well.
The studies are starting to
suspect the gut too
Research studies are being done that are continuing to uncover and support
the relationship of the gut and autoimmune conditions—including rheumatoid
arthritis.
One study has shown that the presence of a certain type of unfriendly gut
bacteria known as
Prevotella copri (P. copri) correlates with rheumatoid
arthritis in newly diagnosed, untreated people.
In the study (which was published online in November 2013 in eLife), Dr. Dan
Littman of
NYU School of Medicine led a team of researchers that
examined DNA in 114 stool samples from both healthy people and those who had
rheumatoid or psoriatic arthritis.
The researchers found that
75% of the people with new-onset,
untreated rheumatoid arthritis had the P. copri bacterium in their intestinal
tract.
They also did further testing on mice to see whether the P. copri bacteria
could initiate or worsen inflammation, and saw that the mice with P. copri
developed
more severe symptoms than the mice that hadn’t received
the bacteria, thereby supporting that this bacteria worsens inflammation too.
Fight back at rheumatoid
arthritis
Although rheumatoid arthritis can be devastating, there are some very
effective ways you can either help prevent it from making its home in you, or
fight back at it if you’ve got it.
Here are three very safe, effective ways you can help:
1- Eat nutritious foods
and encourage good digestion
When you’re dealing with the challenges of rheumatoid arthritis, it’s
crucial that your body can eliminate
wastes and break down your foods
efficiently like they need to be, as well as get the
nutrients it so
desperately needs to help encourage your tissues, organs and systems to stay as
healthy as they can.
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easier for your system to digest.
When your system can more effectively break down your foods, not only can
you have less trouble with heartburn, acid reflux, gas and bloating, but you
help ensure that your foods are
small enough when they're absorbed so
they don't taunt your
immune system and that the nutrients in those
foods are in the form that they need to be to be used by your body.
2- Consider supplementing
with probiotics
Probiotic supplementation has been shown to help counteract three of the
immune system "teasers" I mentioned above--
reduced barriers, leaky
gut and poor digestion.
And having a strong population of healthy bacteria lining your gut may also
help you in the fight against
dangerous bacteria like
P. copri!
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One of Super Shield's strains, Lactobacillus Rhamnosus, helps to strengthen
gut-barrier
function and has been shown to have a beneficial impact on
autoimmune
conditions as well as constipation, diarrhea and IBS symptoms.
Additionally, Super Shield's 12 other superstar strains will help keep your
gut flora in proper balance, encouraging the formation of more
anti-inflammatory
immune cells.
Note: Be sure to talk to your doctor about probiotics, especially if you are
on
immunosuppressive medication.
3- Supplement with
Omega-3 essential fatty acids
Rheumatoid arthritis is characterized by
chronic inflammation.
What can make this inflammation even
worse is when you have an
imbalance
of Omega-6 and Omega-3 essential fatty acids.
You see, Omega-6 EFAs stir up inflammation (such as when you’re sick or
injured) and Omega-3’s cool down inflammation, and when they exist in about a
ratio between 2:1 and 5:1 in your body, they effectively initiate and control
inflammation as needed.
But when you have too many Omega-6 EFAs in action, this can cause
inflammation to go
overboard and become more
chronic in
nature.
And chronic
inflammation that’s something a person with rheumatoid arthritis doesn’t need
any
more of!
In addition to eating natural sources of Omega-3 like fatty fish, walnuts
and flax seeds, you can help replenish your Omega-3 supply with a
pharmaceutical-grade Omega-3 supplement like
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VitalMega-3 is a pure, super-potent, fish oil formula that delivers a full
1,000 mg. of the necessary EPA and DHA essential fatty acids in every daily
2-capsule serving, in the 3:2 ratio recommended by most experts.
It’s not hopeless
Rheumatoid arthritis is a very painful, challenging condition, but it’s
not
hopeless.
Especially when you put
natural measures into place that can help
your body counteract the autoimmune process that’s underlying RA (and other
autoimmune conditions too)!
See what a difference in can make in how you feel when you give your body
some help from within.
To your health,
Sherry Brescia
PS: Always be
sure to let your doctor or healthcare provider know what supplements you are
taking.
Dear Sherry:
Thank you, thank you, and thank you - 1000 times
over again.
I had been diagnosed with diverticulosis seven
years ago. The truth is I have always had to be very careful about what I ate
and when I ate it. Food was not my friend.
After a recent visit to the doctor (I had been
experiencing non-stop tummy problems for 3-4 months) and the nurse practitioner
looking at me and asking me what I wanted to do about it, I went home and
decided that they (the medical profession) had no plan to help me with my
situation. I did a search on the internet for diverticulosis and up your
website popped!
Life has been ever so much better since I have
been on your eating plan. I have lost 14 pounds (most of it poop I believe!);
sleep very soundly at night now, no need for extra pillows because I don't get
clogged up anymore (I thought I had allergies - I did - only the allergies were
caused by eating the wrong foods together) and my energy level has soared.
My arthritis has also subsided. I was fortunate
that I was not on any medication, but after following your plan, my overall
aches and pains have significantly been reduced.
My brother, who has suffered from Crohn's
Disease for 18 years, is also on the plan. He has basically stopped taking all
of his medication. He tells me every day how much better he feels and the
problematic diarrhea is non-existent. He can't believe how much better he
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For me, not having stomach pain every day, not
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case the food ran through me) - all of those worries/issues have disappeared. I
feel released from an endless cycle that had me almost chained to my house each
day for fear of having some unexpected 'accident' while out in public.
Again, thank you, thank you, and thank you.
Age 64 and feeling better than ever thanks to
your plan!
Susan
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